NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 832, 1 July 1871, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

A despatch from Vienna, of tlio 14th 0 { May, says: Twonty-eight Archbishops ami Bishops of the Catholic Church have addressed a petition to the Emporor of Austria on the Roman question. In the petition the Emperor is requested to inform the King of Italv that the independence ot the Pope is necessary to the Catholic tliurch, mil to demand that Rome 8*11(1 suitable territory he immediately returned to the Pope. The petitioners a ls.-o say that it is the duty of all the other Catholic Powers, aiid of the Protestant Powers also, to make a similar demand. The Queensbury, <mi English ship, lias heen struck iiy a swordfish, which penetrated to a depth of thirty inches, causing a leak which necessitated the discharging of her cargo. Louis Blanc goes to America after the French Assembly adjourns. There was a snow storm in Scotland aM d the north of England in the middle of May. It is thought that the crops are hurt. An American barque sank a French fisherman in the Channel. Twelve of the latter's crew were lost. In the House of Lords, on May 15, Earl Russell gave notice of his intention to move an address, to the Queen against sanctioning a ratification of the Alabama treaty, in case the arbitrators are bound by rules or conditions other than the law ot nations and the English municipal laws existing during the civil war in the United States, when the alleged depredations upon American commerce were committed.

Eight specimens of the ordinary gin sold in the worst parts of London have been obtained and analysed. Jn the result it was foi nd that there was an average of from twenty-six to thirty-two per cent, of spirit, and the rest was sugar and water, with an occasional dose of cayenne pepper or (fl/wicuin to impart a " sting." Out of 2,602 fatal small-pox cases fn London during the last ten weeks, 1,212 persons were unvaceinafed. Mr Matthew Arnold and Dr Butler, head master of the Harrow School, have each been honoured with the order of the Commander of the Crown of Italy. A.t the Ceutral Criminal Court, London, William James Dale a welldressed man, has been sent to prison for nine months for writing a letter falsely charging a young lady with gross immorality. Mr Spurgeon's health gives cause of uneasiness to his friends. He is about to leave for a month's holiday. ThoUev. Hugh Stowell Brown is to preach for him. At the Manchester Police Court recently, a milliner and two drapers wet summoned under the Workshops Regulation Act, and severally fined 10s 6d., for having allowed one of their young employes to work beyond the term of twelve hours prescribed by the Act. Joseph Armstrong was fined £1 lis (3d for a similar offence.

The Spanish Government has decided to put an export tax of ljd per lb on all unmanufactured tobacco exported from Havaunah, and likewise a duty of two dollars per 1000 on all cigars. Alfred Bridges, charged with shooting Lieut. Campbell, of the 69th Eeginient, at Jersey, when the latter was about to chastise him for writing certain letters, was found guilty of shooting in self defence, and discharged. The Select Committee on the subject of vaccination eat on May 2nd. Sir William Jenaer stated that in the course of his professional career he had very large opportunities of obtaining information respecting small pox and vaccination. No evil effects from vaccination had ever come under his notice, nor had he known any serious illness to result from it, either in his puMic or private practice. In early life the protection it afforded was'nearly complete. He was himself the father of six children, and should consider himself wanting in his duty had he neglected to have them vaccinated. He had had the responsibility, as medical attendant to the Queen, of advising her Majesty and the Prince sWales to be vaccinated. Compulsory vaccination was, in his opinion, most desirable.

It is estimated that the deficit in French firiance for the years 1870 and 1871, independent of the payment of the principal of the German indemnity, will be about £32,000,000, and that an extra annual charge thereafter of about £18,000,000 will have to be met by increased taxation. At the West Hartlepool Petty Sessions, on the 2nd of May, Edward Curry, a slaughter-man employed at the West Hartlepool Dock slaughterhouse, was charged with unlawfully torturing a sheep. The evideuce of the officer went to show that he was on duty at the docks, when he went into the slaughter - house, he saw the defendant select a sheep, and stick it in the usual way, and in less than a niinute broke one of the animal's fore legs, after which he began to skin the breast and shoulders, before death ensued, the operation evidently causing great pain to the sheep. Their Worships imposed the mitigated penalty °t 10s and costs, or fourteen days' hard labour.

Mr Lowe's Budget from its propopuaal to impose a tax on matches, » popularly styled the "Brimstone budget," and proved a sad failure. It was so severely m.-uiUnlboth by friends «id enemies of the Government, that ™e Chancellor of the Exchequer had

to modify it in Beveral essential particulars. The estimated deficit in the revenue next year was £2,750,000, caused by improving and enlarging the defences of the country. New York Custom House statistics show that, during the late European war, eighteen cargoes of fire-arms, valued at 13,800,000 dols., were shipped from the United States to France. Dr Grace Calvert states that iron immersed for a few minutes in a solution of carbonate of potash or soda will not rust 'oryears, though exposed continually in a damp atmosphere. It was believed long ago by soap and alkali manufacturers that the caustic alkalies (soda or potash) protected iron and steel from rust, but that the components of these sails preserved the same property as they do in a caustic state now. It does not seem to matter whether the solution is made with fresh or sea water. Tt has teen discovered that camphor, triturated with gun cotton, and subjected to hydraulic pressure, produces a hard white substance, which, if coated with a compound of gun cotton and castor oil, resembles ivory, to which for many purposes it is superior. JEM MACE IN AMERICA. The mill on the llth May between Mace and Coburu was interrupted in the first round by the militia, and was, therefore, undecided. The ring was pitched at Hay Creek, about two and a half miles from Port Dover, Canada. At six minutes past eleven o'clock. Coburu shied his castor into the ring' He was received with hearty applause Five minutes later Mace threw his white hat over the ropes, and immediately entered the arena. His appearance was the signal for cheers by his adherents. Mace's seconds were Jim Cusick and Jerry DonovaD, and Coburn's were Billy Dwyer and Tony Geoghau, Alderman McMullen, of Philadelphia, was chosen for referee, but just before the commencement of the fight he appeared in the ring and declined serving. Dick Holliwood, of Indianapolis, was then chosen for that position. Money was offered on Mace even, but there was 'no taker. Mace won the choice, and took the west corner. At precisely twelve o'clock, the parties faced each other over the scratch, and went through the customary forumla of shaking hands. Both appeared in fine condition. Mace was a trifle the fleshier of the two, but in weight there was probably not a difference of five pounds either way. Both looked confident. The men approached each other cautiously, and neither seemed disposed to hazard the first blow. Coburn gradually yielded to Mace's aggressive movements, and retreated to his corner." Mace did not follow this challenge closely, but returned and stood close by the scratch. Shortly the jeering of the crowd brought Joe from his corner, and the two men faced each other again. Joe then backed to his corner a second time, as before, without a blow, and Mace returned to the scratch. These tactics were repeated nine times, until an hour aud ten minutes elapsed, without a single blow being passed by either party. It was evidently Coburn's dodge to eutice his antagonist over to his corner, where the mob had collected in great force ; but the Englishman refused to follow him more than four feet beyond the scratch. At twelve minutes past one o'clock, before the round ended, the Canadian authorities, represented by|Judge Wilson and EdmundDeeks, Sheriff of Norfolk county, rushed into the ring, read the riot act, and ordered the assemblage to disperse, or be fired on by the militia. The militia, numbering about 60 men, under command of Colonel Trisdale, were drawn up in line about twenty rods away. They were armed with loaded rifles, and the mob deemed it expedient to disperse at once. No arresta were made. While Judge Wilson was ordering the men to disperse, some clever thief relieved him of his watch. The Referee reserved his decision until the following day, and the whole party adjourned to the boats It war'quite late in the evening before the whole party had reshipped. The referee has decided that the men must fight it out within three weeks at Arkansas City, Missouri. The sympathy of the crowd is decidedly with Mace. BGts are freely offered that jCobum will never dare meet him in the ring, but they are not taken.

A private despatch from Erie says that Coburn refuses to go to Missouri to fight,.

FATAL EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE MOSES TAYLOR.

SIX PERSONS KILLED

(From the "Hawaiian Gazette," June 7) For the first time since the organization of the steam lines between San Francisco and this port, we are called upon to record a most panful and fatal accident. The Moses Taylor left San Francisco on the 24th May, and when but a few miles outside the Heads, at the entrance of the Bay, the flue of the starboard boiler collapsed, and the escaping steam and water from the boiler instantly killed four firemen and so seriously injured the first assistant engineer- and water-tender, that they survived but a few hours. The following are the names of the unfortunate victims of the disaster:— Thomas Harrison, first assistant engineer, a native of New York; Nicholas Pendergast, fireman, Ireland; Hugh

Moouey, fireman, Ireland ; Paul Nielo- I las, coal-passer, Ireland ; William J Young, coal-passer, N«w York ; Oliver Hayes, water-tender. We are unable to give any particular •< a-s .e----gards the cause of the liisasci r. We understand that the vessel was thoroughly overhauled and her machinery repaired during her stay at Sail - rancisco, although nothing was done to her boilers, which had been in use for some time, but which were considered to be in good condition, Great credit is due to Captain Bennett for continuing the . voyage after the disaster, notwithstanding the vessel was only a few hours' sail from San Francisco. We are informed that it was by the utmost: effort that the crew, especially the firemen, could be induced to undertake their duty for the passage, all of them desiring to return to San Francisco. By his prompt and energetic action, Captain Bennett has been enabled to deliver the mails to the Nevada in time to cause little or no delay in their transmission to the Colonies. ♦ . MASSACRES IN AMERICA. Some armed American citizens and Papagoeludians have massacred anumber of Apache Indians at Camp Grant, Arizona. The details are reported as horrible.—Sixty-three dead bodies have been found, and more than one hundred are dead or missing. All save eight were women and children. THE PBOVOCATIOX. The people of Arizona have robbed and murdered by Apachei Indians for many years, and they have not resorted to other than approved and mostly harmless opposition. The Tucson " Arizonian," of April 22nd,says:— We mentioned last week the circumstance of the murder of Mr Long, Mr M'Kenzie, Mr Chapin and another, bv Indians, in the valleys of the San Pedro, on Thursday, the 13th. The last members of a thriving community which a few years.ago occupied the Valley of the San Pedro were cruelly murdered by Indians; their homes now lie desolate, and the Apaches hold sway over the entire valley,'which for nearly 10 years has been owned and cultivated by the bravest and best of Arizona's pioneers. But the bloody record of last week did not end here. On Friday morning the mail for the Rio Grande was captured by the Indians about 12 miles east of San Pedro river. The news of this depredation was received on Saturday, when troops were despatched to the spot, where they discovered the mail buggy at a short distance from the road and the mail matter torn in fragments and scattered to. the wind. The Indians had carried off the mail sacks after destroying their contents. After a brief search they discovered the body of the driver, Mark Ravelin (better known as " Brigham "), which was literally cut into small pieces. The mail was so entirely destroyed that it was deemed useless to collect the scatted fragments that remained. Following this came the tidings from Camp Grant, on Saturday morning, that an Indian had crawled into a tent about the middle of the week and murdered a woman, a laundress of one of the companies stationed there.

A MINISTER MURDERED IN CHTJRCH AND THE CONGREGATION DISPERSED. The.most damnable outrage heard of fof a long time was perpetrated on May 20th, at Chocoville, Arkansas, America, a quiet and flourishing village in the southern part of this county, near the Indian line. On Saturday morning, as the Rev. Mr De Champ, of the Missionary Baptist Church at Chocoville. was about to open religious services, and while the congregation was still gathering, a ruffian named Handley entered the meeting-house, revolver in hand, and, approaching the minister, asked him his name. On being told, Handley levelled his revolver at Mr De Champ and fired four shots at him, three of winch took effect in the head, and one in the arm, killing him instantly. The assassin then wheeled round, and levelling his revolver at the congregation, drove them out of the house with curses and imprecations, and threats of death. The affrighted people, of course, hastily fled in every direction. The murderer then leaped upon his horse, tied close to the building, and galloped off. The man Handley, who has previously borne a notoriously bad character, some years ago interrupted, in the most scandalous manner, a religious meeting at which the unfortunate De Champ officiated, for which offence the latter had him indicted j before the grand jury, tried, and fined SSO. Handley went off to Texas soon afterward, where he made it too hot for him, and from whree be returned, recently, to imbrue his hands in the blood of a good man in the appalling manner stated. —American Paper. «. W. H. WEBB. Those whom it is the fashion now-a-days to call the " horny-handed sons of toil," may be interested to learn that Mr W. H. "Webb, the of the Nevada, Nebraska, and otner. steamers, began life as a mechanic. On his recent visit to San Francisco Mr Webb received a welcome from the Mechanics' Institute. In the course of his reply, Mr Webb, addressing the President of the Institute, said:— " Though recently coming among you, I feel that I am a pioneer Californian,

having built the first American steamer, the Cahfornia—Htill in service wh'i-'t ever eii'tuivid the Pacific O-ean, and the tb'st to enter your G'lhien O ie,aoo have Imhii ever since interested in some filter, /rise connected with your city or State, not least amongst them the transportation of many thousands of those emigrating lo your shores. 1 trust, Mr President, it will not be considered egotistical on my part if I have alluded, to the fact that the first American steamer ever crossing the Pacific Ocean, the Colorado, the pioneer vessel carrying your mails to China, as also the connecting steamers selected for the service on both sides of the continent, were built by me. Of this I am proud as a mechanic. Let me say, also, sir, another gratifying fact is, that I, as a mechanic, was etiabled to induce several of the most powerful governments of Europe to entrust to an American shipbuilder the construction of several of the largest and most powerful vessels of war ever built." «. -—J The Moral Effecft of the War.— The London ''Standard " contains the following:— A THANKSGIVING. By Divine will, my dear Augusta, We've lnul ajjain an awful buster. Ten thousand Frenchmen sent below ! . Praise God from whom all blessings flow ! William. Black Eagle Chapter Day. Imperial Quarters, Versailles, Jan. 18.